Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) is proud to announce the results of its 2025 Board of Directors election.
David Barber, MPSE, has been re-elected to serve as President for an additional two-year term. The current Vice President, Eric Marks, MPSE, is stepping down after the 73rd MPSE Golden Reel Awards on March 8, 2026. Current board member Korey Pereira, MPSE, will step in as interim Vice President to complete his final year. Pereira is an Emmy and Golden Reel Award-winning Dialogue Editor for Stranger Things, and Head of Audio for the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communications Department of Radio-Television-Film. Brent Findley, MPSE, has been elected to be Secretary, and Vickie Sampson, MPSE, has been elected to the Retired seat.
“It is a great honor to represent the Motion Picture Sound Editors in this capacity once more,” stated MPSE president David Barber. “I am privileged to work with this board of directors and our Executive Director, Tracie Costabile. They are all such enthusiastic, pro-active champions of sound. I look forward to building on the programs and initiatives we’ve put in motion these past few years.”
Notably, this newly elected Board of Directors includes members from a wide variety of countries and states, reflecting MPSE’s diverse membership across 44 countries and 6 continents.
Full election results below.
Returning Board Directors:
Peter Albrechtsen (Denmark)
Baylon Fonseca (India)
Kevin Howard (Canada)
Mark Lanza (US – CA)
Tim Muirhead (Canada)
New Board Directors:
Alex Borquez (US – CA)
Timothy Day (US – PA)
Nicholas Papaleo (US – CA)